Bustle



(No Model.)

N. 1:". ARDERY.

' BUSTLB.

No. 372,192.l Patented Oct. 25, 1887.

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NEVADA FLORENCE ARDERY, OF NEW CUMBERLAND, INDIANA.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,192, dated October 25, 1887.

Application led May 25, 1887. Serial No. 239,335. I (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, NEVADA FLoEENcE ARDERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Cumberland, in the county'of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented `new and useful Improvements in Bustles, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention4 relates to bustles; and it con A, I preferably use a continuous piece of v taching-straps of the bustle.

brass wire, which is coiled at the ends, as shown, and provides eyes a for the attachment of the securing tapes or straps B, which are secured to the waistband B. The wire is bent outwardly to form the bends or extensions 1 and 2in the lower portion thereof, the bend l being of greater convexity than the bend 2, the two bends converging on nearing the eyes or loops a. The two bends 1 and 2 are in the same, or nearly the same,

vhorizontal plane, as shown; but, if desired,

the plane of elevation thereof may be varied. Bends 3 and 4are formed, which are arranged at angles to the said bends l and 2, and in a nearly vertical plane to the horizontal arrangement of the said bends 1 and 2. These latter bends 3 and 4 are adapted to rest near the body of the wearer, while the bends l and 2 provide the desiredv support for the garments. The bends 3 and 4 are of less convexity than the bends 1 and 2, whereby a reversible bustle is formed, either side of which is adapted to be used at pleasure and as'may be desired without changing the at- In the formation of the several bends they are concentrically arranged, the bends 3 and 4 being of smaller diametric extent than the bends 1 and 2.

To insure the proper adjustment of the bustle as a reversible bustle, and to provide l the desired shape therefor, a tape, b, is secured over the rear central portions of the bends, which is readily adjustable.

To securely attach the bends in the form shown and retain them in a xed,position, the eyes are covered with solder, and a metal strap, a', is passed around the several wires and in like manner secured by the solder.

The simplicity of construction of my improved device necessarily renders it of easy production and cheap in manufacture, .and being attainable at a small cost renders it within the means of the public generally, and especially beneficial to commercial interests. It is healthful in construction, being open and free from clumsiness and weight, and readily adjustable to any person, in view of its inherent resiliency. rIhe form of the bustle renders it useful in two ways, in that, aside from being'a reversible bustle, it also provides a double bustle, the one side being smaller than the other, either form of size being readily used at will and as desirable.

In thense of my improved bustle convenience is given to the wearer by the bustle folding or pressing against the body when in a sitting posture. By this means comfort and ease are attainable when the wearer is in a sittingposture, and when rising from asitting posture the bustle adjusts itself to the posi- Having thus described my invention, I

central rear portions of wires l, 2, 3, and 4,

for the purpose of controlling the shape of the bustle, asset forth, substantially as described. .l

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NEVADA FLORENCE ARDERY.

Witnesses:

OscAR AEDERY, LrzzrE CARTER.

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